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BILLBOARD ANNOUNCES SPONSORS FOR THE 2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

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BILLBOARD ANNOUNCES SPONSORS FOR THE
2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

To Air Live Sunday, May 18, 2014 From MGM Grand Garden Arena on ABC at 8:00 PM ET

dick clark productions and Billboard announced today the sponsors for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards include Chevrolet, Citi®, Las Vegas, and Samsung. The 2014 Billboard Music Awards will air live Sunday, May 18, 2014 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on ABC at 8:00 PM ET.

Sponsors for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards include:

  • Chevrolet Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world’s largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4.9 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.
  • Citi® – Citi’s entertainment program – Citi Private Pass® offers Citi credit and debit cardmembers access to over 10,000 events annually across music, sports, dining and entertainment. These memorable experiences range from preferred tickets and early access to top concert tours to curated special events with Grammy® award winners and VIP experiences including pre-show performances and Q&A’s. One of the 5,000 music events offered in 2013 was “Katy Perry’s: We Can Survive” benefit concert and exclusive cardmember pre-show experience at the famed Hollywood Bowl. Additional experiences have featured artists such as John Legend, Lady Gaga, Band of Horses, Lady Antebellum, and more. For more information, visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
  • Las Vegas – The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center. With more than 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and 10.8 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA’s mission centers on attracting ever increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area. For more information, go to www.lvcva.com or www.LasVegas.com.
  • Samsung – In its second year as a sponsor of the Billboard Music Awards, Samsung is the exclusive tech sponsor of this year’s show, covering smartphones, TVs, tablets and wearables. Samsung will spotlight the new Galaxy S® 5 and Milk Music™, a new, free and ad-free radio service for Galaxy owners that offers an easy and entertaining way to discover and enjoy the music you love. For more information about Samsung, please visit www.samsung.com.
Fan voting for the 2014 Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet will continue through the first two hours of the awards show, ending at 10pm ET. To vote for finalists Ellie Goulding, OneRepublic or Carrie Underwood go to billboard.com/milestone.

The 2014 Billboard Music Award festivities start with the “Samsung Galaxy Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2014 Billboard Music Awards,” which will live stream on Yahoo at 6pm ET / 3pm PT. The two hour pre-show, hosted by Lance Bass, Jordin Sparks, Ted Stryker and more, can also be viewed at BillboardMusicAwards.com, Billboard.com, and additional online destinations by embedding the Yahoo Screen media player (available upon request). Fans can check out the full experience at https://music.yahoo.com/programs/billboard-music-awards/.

Fans can ask questions to their favorite nominees, presenters and performers at the Billboard Music Awards using Instagram’s Q&A Station. To submit, fans should create an Instagram video and tag it with #AskBBMAs. Artists will see the fan questions backstage and respond live with their own 15 second video during the BBMAs on May 18. Answers will appear on the @officialbbmas Instagram account.

The 2014 Billboard Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are Executive Producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are Producers. For additional information on the “2014 Billboard Music Awards” visit us at www.billboardmusicawards.com or the Billboard hub at www.billboard.com/bbma.

For additional news and exclusive content, follow @OfficialBBMAs #BBMAs on Twitter, like us on Facebook and join the conversation on Instagram and YouTube.

Samsung Galaxy and Milk Music are trademarks or registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

ABOUT BILLBOARD
Billboard is the world¹s most influential music brand, built on the most complete and well respected database of charts across all music genres. The Billboard charts define success in music. From the iconic Billboard magazine to Billboard.com which is the ultimate consumer-facing destination for millions of passionate music fans, to the industry¹s most elite conference series and influencer events including the Power 100 and Women in Music ­ the Billboard brand has unmatched authority among fans, artists and the industry alike.

ABOUT “2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS”
“The 2014 Billboard Music Awards” are set to return to ABC and will be broadcast LIVE from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18 at 8:00pm ET/PT. The show will showcase this year’s hottest and biggest music stars. Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 11, 2013 through March 9, 2014.

ABOUT dick clark productions
dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised events. dcp produces perennial hits such as the “American Music Awards,” “Golden Globe Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “Hollywood Film Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” dcp also produces popular weekly television programming, including “So You Think You Can Dance,” and owns one of the world’s most unique and extensive entertainment archive libraries with more than 55 years of dcp’s award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. In 2014, dcp will debut “The PEOPLE MAGAZINE Awards” on NBC and joint venture Keshet DCP will premiere the weekly television series “Rising Star” on ABC. For additional information, visit www.dickclark.com.

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